Tag Archives: PGA

Justin Rose won the 2013 U.S. Open yesterday, becoming the first Brit to do so in over 40 years. However, it was a player who finished tied for 59th that gave us the highlight of the tournament. That player was Shawn Stefani. Not a whole lot went right this weekend for the 31-year-old Texas native […]

There is certainly no shortage of examples of fans making amazing catches at baseball games. Over the years we’ve seen almost everything, from fans catching balls in their beers, to fans catching balls while holding their kids, to fans catching balls with oversized novelty gloves, to fans making amazing diving grabs on home run balls. […]

That Sergio Garcia sure is a man of the world. Not only is the Spaniard familiar with the racist phrases and stereotypes of his own country; he’s familiar with the racist phrases and stereotypes of other countries as well. We know this, of course, because on Tuesday night Garcia employed one of these “racist stereotypes […]

Think your local golf course has some nasty hazards? Try playing golf in Louisiana and dealing with the alligators. Just two days ago, PGATOUR.com correspondant Fred Albers wrote a nice little piece about the upcoming Zurich Classic golf tournament being held at TPC Louisiana. In that piece, he told a little story about a particular […]

Yesterday, Australia’s Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters, and in doing so he didn’t just make his golf-loving country proud. He also erased the bitter memory of last year’s stunning choke job at the British Open, where he bogeyed the last four holes and lost to Ernie Els by a single […]

The 2013 Masters gets underway today in Augusta, Georgia, thus marking the real start of the golf year. However, the Masters isn’t just a big deal because it’s the first of the four major tournaments in men’s pro golf. It’s a big deal because no other tournament packs as much tradition and ceremony into five […]

In six PGA tournament appearances thus far this season, Bubba Watson has accumulated a total of $767,300 in earnings and 356 FedEx Cup Points, ranking him outside the top 35 PGA golfers in each of those categories. So perhaps Bubba should be devoting his off-time to help improve his game, and he has been doing just […]

Don’t look now, but it looks like Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods again. By that I mean, of course, that Tiger Woods is starting to look more like the guy he used to be before his predilection for cheating on his wife with porn stars and cocktail waitresses went public, and his golf game went […]

Spain’s Sergio Garcia was already having a rough day at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill yesterday when he approached the tee on the 10th hole. The guy recorded an embarrassing 9 on the par-5 sixth hole—which sounds a lot like the way I play golf—and was 3-over par on the day and even-par […]

Did you know that you can major in “PGA Golf Management” in college? Well, you can. There are 20 programs at universities across the United States that offer four year degrees accredited by the PGA, mostly run out of business or hospitality management schools. The idea, of course, is to provide specialized management expertise that […]

For years now, the par-3 16th hold at TPC Scottsdale has been known as “The Loudest Hole in Golf.” I’m not sure when it all started, exactly. But what I do know is that there is no louder, rowdier, or drunker bunch of golf fans on the PGA Tour than the 20,000 people who pack […]

Guess what, folks? It does not suck to be Rory McIlroy these days. Not only is the guy dating gorgeous tennis star Caroline Wozniacki—which would be enough for most of us—but he’s also sitting at the summit of the golf universe, looking down on everybody else. And he’s only 23-years-old. On Sunday, the Northern Irishman […]

John Daly has long been the most interesting player on the PGA Tour—a beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking, goofy pants-wearing, real life Happy Gilmore. And as far as I’m concerned, any program on the Golf channel not hosted by or featuring John Daly is a waste of time. Well, okay, that’s not fair. Outspoken (and sometimes controversial) Norther […]

Everyone knows you’re supposed to be quiet on the course when a golfer approaches the ball and starts his backswing. Usually we think it’s just a matter of staying focused and not flubbing the shot. But, if a guy is distracted at precisely the wrong moment, it can actually lead to injury. Ask Tiger Woods. […]

It’s been a rough couple of years for old Tiger Woods. In 2008 he suffered a serious knee injury that required two surgeries and kept him out of the game for the better part of a year. Then in November of 2009, his Swedish supermodel wife whacked him upside the head with a golf club […]